EDUCATION
2026 MFA in Print Media, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR (expected)
2023 BA with Honors (Pending), Interdisciplinary Studies in Arts Administration
as Social Practice, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (expected)
Minors in Natural Resource Management and Blount Scholars.
2022 Rome, Italy, Faculty-Led Study Abroad, Studio Art and Art History
2022 Amsterdam, Self-directed study, Art History and Museum Studies
PROFESSIONAL EXPERINCE
2024 Guide (Arts Instructor), Trackers Earth, Portland, Oregon
2023-2024 Print Specialist, UPS Store #3766, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2021-Present Editor-in-Chief, Marr’s Field Journal, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2020-2021 Managing Editor, Marr’s Field Journal, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2019 Junior Graphic Designer, Alpha Graphics, Hoover, Alabama
COMMUNITY WORK
2023 Kentuck Festival for the Arts, instructed children in ceramic hand-building and paper marbling.
2021-Present KindTask, Independent project facilitated by New College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2021-Present Summersell Scholars Program, Community hidden history project
facilitated by the Summersell Center for the Study of the South and Dr. John Giggie, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2022 Art-Based Protest, Organized chalking in response to student government sanctioned transphobia, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2022 Kentuck Festival for the Arts, voluntarily assisted in breakdown of University of Alabama Ceramics tent, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2022 Historical Data Collection at Druid City Pride, Mentored students collecting historical data and set-up tent, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2022 Food Forest establishment at Community Farm, in Collaboration with Deep Singh and David Gleason, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
2022 Arts-Based Protest, Organized picnic with arts activities for students affected by administration-sanctioned queerphobic demonstration on campus, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2021 Oral History Collection, collected oral history from first woman involved in the
West Alabama AIDS Outreach organization (Collaborative).
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Tuscaloos’s Queer History, co-curator and designer in association with the Summersell Center.
2023 With Friends: The Story of Tuscaloosa’s Queer Arts Activism, a collection of works created and curated to share the queer history of Tuscaloosa during the 1990’ AIDS crisis
PANELS
2022 Putting it all together: Innovative Student Work (Symposium), panelist, CIEL Conference, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
2022 Queering UA: Students Create a New Classroom, panelist, sponsored by the Invisible Histories Project, Queer History South Conference, Dallas, Texas, September 30.
2021 the poem without words: a crash course in visual art, instructor, sponsored by Alabama Scholastic Press Association, ASPA State Convention, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (virtual), February 12.
CONSULTANCIES
2022 Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, facilitated by Adam Miller, completed in collaboration with Katherine Edge (Museum Director). (Developed proposal for community-curated exhibit program.)
AWARDS
2023 Dean’s Award of Merit, University of Alabama College of Arts & Sciences
2022 Gilman Scholarship, United States Department of State
2022 Anne and Neal Berte Scholarship, University of Alabama
2021 Hank Leonard Endowed Scholarship, University of Alabama
2020 Suzanne Younger Endowed Scholarship, University of Alabama
PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR / ARTIST
2022 “Dirt-Streaked Hands,” Original Poetry, Volume 32 Marr’s Field Journal
2022 “once upon a time, we lived.” Original Poetry, Volume 32 Marr’s Field Journal
2022 Fertilizer, Linoleum print, Volume 32 Marr’s Field Journal
2021 “Between Heart and Hand,” Original Poetry, Volume 31 Marr’s Field Journal
2021 “Within/Without//Without,” Original Poetry, Volume 31 Marr’s Field Journal
2021 The Raven, gouache painting, Volume 31 Marr’s Field Journal
TECHNICAL SKILLS
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Design
2018 – Present for UPS Store #3766, various Literary and Visual Arts publications, Alpha Graphics, Marr’s Field Journal, Blount Truth Journal, Pelham / Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Extensive experience in Creative Cloud, Print Design / Digital typesetting, and Marketing / Branding.)
2021 – Present Web Designer for websites including publications, portfolios, and digital exhibits, Marr’s Field Journal, Summersell Scholars, and Personal projects. (Proficient in Wordpress, Google Sites, Adobe Portfolio, Wix, and Storymaps)
2022 Exhibit Design Training, instructed by Jamey Grimes, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Trained in Exhibit conceptualization, Sketchup Modeling, and exhibit construction.)
Craft
2019 – Present Papermaking practice independent project, instructed by Jillian Sico (MFA in Book Arts from University of Alabama) and overseen by Dr. Julia Cherry (Director of New College).
(Extensive practice in recycled papermaking and at-home studio development, including minor teaching experience.)
2021 – Present Printmaking training from the University of Alabama, instructed by Jillian Sico, John Klosterman, and Sarah Marshall.
(Experience in linoleum block printing and intaglio. Minor letterpress experience.)
2019 – Present Book structures training at University of Alabama, instructed by Jillian Sico and Amy Pirkle (MFA in Book Arts for University of Alabama).
(Extensive practice with non-traditional book structures, box making, cloth binding, and one-page books, including teaching experience).
2022 Book Arts at John C. Campbell Folk School, instructed by John Buller (Fifty years profession bookbinding experience), Brasstown, North Carolina.
(Experienced in classic book binding stitches, perfect binding, and the construction of essential tools, such as jigs.)
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Teaching / Mentorship
2024 Curriculum Development for Trackers Earth, K-2 in traditional folk craft, eco-art, and improvisational storytelling.
2024 Classroom Management for Trackers Earth, K-2
2020-2023 Critique Leadership for Marr’s Field Journal Staff
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Administrative
2020 - Present Editor-in-Chief of the Marr’s Field Journal
(Project Management and Event Planning)
2021 - Present Citation management for Environmental Justice Project, for Dr. Ellen Spears.
(Extensive experience with data entry and research.)
2020 - Present Museum Studies experiential learning, Instructed by John Abbot (Chief Curator & Director Alabama Museum of Natural History) and William Bomar (Executive Director, University of Alabama Museums).
(Experienced in grant writing, collections item reporting, archival organization and ethics, museum ethics.
2021 - 2022 Arts marketing experiential learning, overseen by Adam Miller (MFA Arts Administration, Managing Director of Theatre Tuscaloosa)
(Practiced in marketing data collection, press release writing, interviewing.)
Written
2019 - Present Critical and analytical writing for the arts, Instructed by Dr. Stacy Morgan (American Studies, Socially-Engaged and Folk Arts), Dr. Tanja Jones (Classical Art History), Dr. Andrew Dewar (Ethnomusicology), Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Rome, Italy.
2021 Socially Engaged Art History, Instructed by Dr. Stacy Morgan, Dr. Andrew Dewar, and Dr. Merinda Simmons (Outsider Art).
Environmental
2022 Discussion facilitation on environmental topics, Trained by Dr. Julia Cherry.
2021 Vegetation Analysis & Forest Resource Management, Trained by Dr. Justin Hart (Applied Forest Ecology).
2021 Urban Farming, Trained by Rashami Grace in Collaboration with David Gleason, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.